He was a member of the Sa'ad Musa sub-division of the Habr Awal Isaaq clan.
Madar was born in 1939 in the northwestern town of Hargeisa, then a part of British Somaliland.
Madar studied in the Soviet Union, where he received a Bachelor of Science in engineering.
On 3 September 1990, Madar appointed as Prime Minister of Somalia, a position he held until 24 January 1991, eventually succeeded he was replaced by Umar Arteh Ghalib.
2005 in High Barnet hospital, London, UK, due to prostate cancer.